Israel received the remains of a commando killed in a raid in Lebanon last summer as part of a prisoner swap. As part of the exchange for Itamar Ilya, Israel handed over the remains of several dozen fighters from Shi’ite groups. Israel was also slated to release 60 prisoners on Friday.
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